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BILGE WELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bilge well mean?
• BILGE WELL (noun)
The noun BILGE WELL has 1 sense:
1. (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
Familiarity information: BILGE WELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bilge well" is a kind of...):
well (an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps)
Domain category:
navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)
Holonyms ("bilge well" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
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